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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Frederick John Pigou
| birth_date = 25 March 1815
| birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]],<br>[[Company rule in India|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1847|2|7|1815|3|23}}
| death_place = [[Westminster]], [[London]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1836
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 42
| bat avg1 = 5.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 12
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 3 August
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19199.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Frederick John Pigou''' (27 March 1815 – 7 February 1847) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er.

The son of Henry Minchin Pigou and Elizabeth Bird,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p64723.htm#i647228 |title=Frederick John Pigou |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> he was born in [[Company rule in India|British India]] at [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] in March 1815. Pigou was later sent to England to attend [[Harrow School]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 |first=Reginald Courtenay |last=Welch |date=1894 |publisher=Longmans, Green |page=132 |url=https://archive.org/stream/harrowschoolregi00harruoft/harrowschoolregi00harruoft_djvu.txt |language=en}}</ref> Pigou played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1836, playing twice against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] and once against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]. In the same year he played for the Gentlemen in the [[Gentlemen v Players]] fixture at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37495/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick Pigou |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-08-03 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his four first-class matches, Pigou scored 42 runs with a high score of 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37495/37495.html |title=Player profile: Frederick Pigou |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-08-03 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Shortly after leaving Harrow he married without the consent of his father and was disinherited. Pigou gained employment with the [[London and Birmingham Railway]] in 1840, becoming the first [[station master]] at [[Rugby railway station]].<ref name="BOOK"/>
[[File:St Andrew's Church, Ham, Pigou family grave.jpg|thumb|Grave at [[St Andrew's Church, Ham]] Common|left]]
He died at [[Westminster]] in February 1847, leaving his wife an [[Life annuity|annuity]] from dividends made on his investments.<ref>{{cite book |title=A.C. Pigou and the 'Marshallian' Thought Style |first=Karen Lovejoy |last=Knight |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |page=21 |isbn=978-3030010188 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9mBDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>Births. ''[[Northampton Mercury]]''. 13 February 1847. p. 3</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=19199}}

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[[Category:1815 births]]
[[Category:1847 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Gentlemen cricketers]]
[[Category:Burials at St Andrew's Church, Ham]]
[[Category:British people in British India]]

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